{"product_id":"kings-question","title":"King's Question","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eKing's Question\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eBrian Culhane\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781555975111\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eGraywolf Press\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2008\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eFirst Edition\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrian Culhane's deeply felt and accomplished debut, winner of the poetry foundation's Emily Dickinson First Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLet just one of those quicksilver hours be returned to me, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eW\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eith my knowledge now of the world, and not a boy's, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWith all that I have become a lighted room. One hour \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTo ask the question that burned, once, in a King's throat. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e --from \"The King's Question\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIn the poet Brian Culhane's \u003ci\u003eThe King's Question\u003c\/i\u003e, fragments of the ancient past emerge from contemporary life to reveal rich and resonant correspondences. So the glow of a writer's desk lamp evokes the torchlight of Viking raiders at Lindisfarne; a father's scattered library summons the lost Library of Alexandria; the voice of a psychotherapist echoes the murmur of the Delphic oracle. With skilled craft, erudition, and daring intelligence, Culhane grapples with profound questions of time and existence, while the gods, as always, deny any certitude. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSelected by the Poetry Foundation from more than 1,600 submissions, \u003ci\u003eThe King's Question \u003c\/i\u003eis the winner of the Emily Dickinson First Book Award, which recognizes an American poet over the age of fifty who has yet to publish a book of poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"King's Question | Brian Culhane | Paperback | 9781555975111 | Used: Like New | Poetry 1599095","offer_id":48711754186904,"sku":"1599095","price":7.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71CjLcjpvHL.jpg?v=1773785787","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/kings-question","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}